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be + garbage
用作表语，表示某物为废物。
This food is garbage now.
这食物现在是垃圾了。
厨余垃圾；食物垃圾
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
厨余垃圾；食物垃圾
food waste that is thrown away, typically from a kitchen
This food is garbage now.
这食物现在是垃圾了。
此义特指厨房丢弃的食物
厨余垃圾
food that is discarded (as from a kitchen)
无价值的信息
a worthless message
垃圾箱
a receptacle where waste can be discarded
Please put the vegetable peels and leftover rice in the garbage before you leave the kitchen.
离开厨房前，请把菜皮和剩饭放进垃圾里。
AI contextual example
The smell from the garbage reminded me to take out the bag after dinner.
垃圾发出的气味提醒我晚饭后把袋子拿出去。
AI contextual example
She wrapped the fish bones in paper and dropped them into the garbage.
她用纸包好鱼骨头，然后把它们丢进垃圾里。
AI contextual example
she tossed the moldy bread into the garbage
她把发霉的面包扔进了垃圾桶。
WordNet
用作表语，表示某物为废物。
This food is garbage now.
这食物现在是垃圾了。
常用介词短语表示处置方式。
He threw the leftovers in the garbage.
他把剩饭扔进了垃圾桶。
表示被填满的状态。
The container is filled with garbage.
容器里装满了垃圾。
Not this
There are many garbages in the street.
Use this
There is a lot of garbage in the street.
误将不可数名词“garbage”用作可数名词，出现了复数形式“garbages”。在英语中，“garbage”是物质名词，通常没有复数形式，表示数量时应用“a lot of”等修饰。
Not this
I found a garbage on the floor.
Use this
I found a piece of garbage on the floor.
误将不可数名词“garbage”与不定冠词“a”连用，表示单个物品。不可数名词不能直接与“a”连用，需用“a piece of”等量词。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
垃圾桶
Please throw the banana peel into the garbage can.
请把香蕉皮扔进垃圾桶。
垃圾袋
She tied up the garbage bag and carried it outside.
她扎好垃圾袋，把它拎到外面。
垃圾车
The garbage truck comes early every Monday morning.
垃圾车每周一早上来得很早。
垃圾清运工
Garbage collectors work hard to keep the city clean.
垃圾清运工辛勤工作，保持城市清洁。
（厨房）垃圾处理器
The kitchen has a garbage disposal built into the sink.
厨房水槽里装有垃圾处理器。
把垃圾拿出去扔掉
It's your turn to take out the garbage tonight.
今晚轮到你扔垃圾了。
垃圾进，垃圾出（指输入数据质量差，输出结果也差）
If you enter incorrect data, the results will be wrong—garbage in, garbage out.
如果你输入错误的数据，结果就会出错——垃圾进，垃圾出。
垃圾时间（体育比赛中胜负已定时的剩余时间）
The coach let the bench players finish the game during garbage time.
教练让替补球员在垃圾时间打完了比赛。
一团糟（指彻底失败或混乱的局面）
The whole project turned into a garbage fire after the manager quit.
经理辞职后，整个项目变成了一团糟。
垃圾进，垃圾出。
An old computing saying from the 1960s, often attributed to programmer George Fuechsel. It means that if you feed a system bad data, it will produce bad results, and it is now used generally about any process.
这是20世纪60年代计算机领域的一句老话，常被归因于程序员乔治·弗伊克塞尔。意思是如果向系统输入了糟糕的数据，就会得到糟糕的结果；现在也泛指任何过程，输入的质量决定输出的质量。
Use garbage naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
音似“嘎比之”，想象厨余垃圾发出的“嘎吱”声，记住garbage就是垃圾。
语域：neutral 常见场景：kitchen、restaurant、waste sorting 作“垃圾、厨余废物”讲时通常语气中性，多用于日常居家、厨房或垃圾分类等场景，口语和一般书面表达都比较自然。
mass noun
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